Read 12 Classics in 2025

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15 participants, 21 books added

Starts: Wednesday, 01 January 2025

Ends: Wednesday, 31 December 2025

I want to read more classics so I selected 12 different ones that are of interest to me to read in 2025. Ideally, it will be one per month.  

All books added
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya

Bless Me, Ultima

Rudolfo Anaya

304 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

fiction classics magical realism young adult challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Die Säulen der Erde by Ken Follett

Die Säulen der Erde

Kingsbridge #1

Ken Follett

1165 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous emotional tense slow-paced
Tenderness by Alison MacLeod

Tenderness

Alison MacLeod

640 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary reflective medium-paced
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Or Gustavus Vassa, The African, Written By Himself by Olaudah Equiano

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Or Gustavus Vassa, The African, Written By Himself

Olaudah Equiano

156 pages • first pub 1789 (editions)

nonfiction biography classics history adventurous reflective slow-paced
Ulysses Jubiläumsausgabe Türkis by James Joyce

Ulysses Jubiläumsausgabe Türkis

James Joyce

987 pages • first pub 1922 (editions) user-added

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

Shantaram

Shantaram #1

Gregory David Roberts

933 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction contemporary travel adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

224 pages • first pub 1908 (editions)

fiction childrens classics adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell

529 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction literary science fiction adventurous reflective medium-paced
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Anne Brontë

574 pages • first pub 1848 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance emotional reflective slow-paced
Tales of Angria by Charlotte Brontë

Tales of Angria

Charlotte Brontë

528 pages • first pub 1839 (editions) user-added

fiction classics fantasy short stories emotional informative inspiring slow-paced